St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-01-29
RUMBLE OF THE RAILS.
Travelling Passenger Agents Who Have
Been Celebrating the Gay Carnival
Season in st. Paul.
George B. Olason Officially Announced as
the City Ticket Agent of the
Milwaukee Line.
A Mysterious Influence Said to Be
at Work Against the Manitoba
in Washington.
The Burlington d. Northern Having
Some Fun at Dut lque--Other
hallway NJ alters.

A goodly number of passenger agents
have gathered in st. Paul from far and
near. and are doing the various railroad
headquarters. Among them yesterday were
the following: C. Q. Mccormick. general
passenger agent of the Monon route; T. FL.
Dearborn. general Western passenger agent,
with headquarters at Chicago; w VILLAIN
Caldwell. travelling passenger agent of the
West Shore; c. w. Norris. travelling pas
senger agent of the Kankakee line; E. FL.
Hughes. general Western passenger agent
of the Grand Trunk: j. A. Quinlan. travel
ing passenger agent of the Chicago, Bur-
lington d Quincy, with headquarters at
Milwa ukee; Charles Adams, general West
ern passenger agent of the Pennsylvania
road: Benjamin Anderson, manager of the
railroad department of James W. Jones. of
Chicago; L. w. Farnum, Northwestern
passenger agent of the Erie; j. Francis
Lee. general agent of the Canadian Pacific;
Fred MADEIRA, travelling passenger agent of
the Canadian and active hustler for coupon
tickets; j. A. Spoor. superintendent of the
Wagner Palace Car company. F. Y.
Doty, travelling passenger agent of
the Chicago burlington IL Northern rail-
way. of st. Paul; E. D. Spencer. general
Northern passenger agent Of the Mobile &
Ohio road; Il. G. McMicken. general agent
of the Northern Pacific at Winnipeg; WIG.
Alinore. travelling passenger agent of the
Louisville q Nashville: W. l.. Wyand.
Northwestern passenger agent of the Mich
igan Central; j. NJ. Cornell, Of the Chi
cago, Milwaukee & st. Paul ticket Office,
Milwaukee.
These jolly good people, whose business
it is to make every body else feel happy,
have had more fun than any body during
the carnival. Mr.. Doty, of the Burlington
d Northern. bears striking resemblance
TO the champion pugilist John L. Sullivan.
With his arm in a sling Doty has waltZed
about the corridors of the Merchants and
commanded more respect from the men
and admiration from the women than the
original John l.. in his palmiest days ever
could. Thousands of deluded beings,
under the impression that they stood before
the mighty pugllSt, have gone into rapt-
ures over Doty's fine physique and hand
some countenance. The boys would gather
round him, deScant OH pTiZe-riDg matters
and sporting events, and Doty, with an air
of earnestneSs. would damn the fate that
made him break his arm before he had done
up Cardiff. 1t was an easy game. and the
clowdS, anxious to catch glimpse of the
Observation-Disclosures from Boston, would
press closer. Then the supposed John L.
would rise, with a majestic sweep of his
right arm, and say: well. boys. let's
crack bottle or two" and they would all
march out, leaving the gaping crowd in a
Juror of excitement.
The other night marshaled into line by
the gallant Col. Spencer. of the Mobile &
Ohio, a number Of the passenger agents
marched about the city singing: Keep in
de Middle OBJ de Road" On Fourth street
they met the Gospel Army. and taking
those Jealous workers for toboggan or
snow shoe club on a tramp, Col. Spencer
ordered his men to fall in" and follow
after. They got in line and marched about
the streets for all hour and Il half in the
wake of the supposed tobogganers. when
Col, Spencer's threat got q little husky, and
he thought it would be good scheme to
stop the procession and take something all
around. Nearing the front of Jnnny Graus
place. the colonel made known his purpose
to his men, and ordering halt. ran rapidly
forward to the front Lille OF the other or
ganZation and drawing the man vino was
evidently their leader to one side. he Whis-
pered i'll his ear the generous purpose of
the travelling men. Col SpeDcer's invita-
ton was not received with the customary
readiness OF the average tobogganer, and a
vile suspicion flashed across his brain.
Turning his eyes upon the waving banner,
shining III the rays of the electric light. ne
read the inscription Gospel Army" Some
of the boys came up and discovered the
c0lonel's dilemma and haven't got over the
effects Of it vet.